About this Event
How do we write of these times?
How do we write of this earth?
How do we write of this earth in these times?
During this workshop you will seek to find ways to write of the natural world— our kith and our ki and our kin alike— in light of the various crises of our age.
You will consider what it means to be a human animal living alongside other humans as well as other-than-humans; how we might give voice to the in-between-ness of our relationships, one with the other.
Moth and moss, fixed and fluid, feathered and slimy, seen and unseen; there is still so much to protect, to hold up to the light, to hold close.
There is still time.
This course is suitable for all who love the earth and want to write that, no matter their experience.
Participants are invited to bring with them something they have gathered from the living world: an acorn , a leaf, a pebble, a shell, a sprig of lavender, a wee bone.
Kerri ní Dochartaigh is a mother, writer, holder and grower. She is moved by the way we tend and attend: to ourselves; to one another; to the living world.
She has written for The Guardian, BBC, RTE, The Irish Times and others.
Her work currently explores ideas of one-anotherness, interconnectedness and ecologies of care.
Her first book, Thin Places, was awarded the Butler Literary Award 2022, and highly commended for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 2021.
Cacophony of Bone, her second book, was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 2023.
She lives in the west of Ireland with her family.
This workshop is in collaboration with Artitude: Climate, Culture, Circularity, a National Lottery UK Climate Action Fund project led by The Playhouse, in partnership with Northern Ireland Resources Network, Repair & Share Foyle, Queen's University Belfast and Derry City and Strabane District Council.
For further information about BURNING, BRUISED, BEAUTIFUL: Writing Through Emergency, please contact [email protected]
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Playhouse, 5-7 Artillery Street, Londonderry, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
